Cannon Air Force Base, Military Base

An MC-130E Combat Talon I taxies onto the flightline during an aircraft retirement ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 22, 2012. This particular Talon I was the lead aircraft that performed a Prisoner of War extraction in North Vietnam called the Son Tay Raid in 1970. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexxis Pons Abascal)

Home of the 27th Special Operations Wing, Cannon Air Force Base is named after General John Kenneth Cannon, a World War II Mediterranean combat commander and former chief of U. S. Air Forces in Europe.

The missions of the wing include infiltration, exfiltration and re-supply of special operations forces; air refueling of special operations rotary wing and tiltrotor aircraft; and precision fire support.

These capabilities support a variety of special operations missions.

Condition: Operational
Years in Use: 1942-present
Controlled by: United States Air Force (AFSOC)
Current Commander: Colonel Jeremy Bergin
Garrison: 27th Special Operations Wing
Base Occupants: 3rd Special Operations Squadron, 9th Special Operations Squadron, 12th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Squadron, 20th Special Operations Squadron, 33rd Special Operations Squadron, 318th Special Operations Squadron, 551st Special Operations Squadron
Open to the Public: No